The REGIN Project adapted the national Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) framework to the regional level as MIPEX-Regions (MIPEX-R). Launched in December 2021 together with the REGIN Integration Lab Database and Map as integrated and interconnected tools, MIPEX-R is a unique instrument which measures regional policies and outcomes towards integration and inclusion of migrants and beneficiaries of international protection, moving beyond the nation-state paradigm towards a more subnational focus upon migrant integration.
Policy indicators were developed to create a rich and multi-dimensional picture of migrant integration at regional level, organised along four analytical axes:
This innovative set of regional indicators based on standardised questionnaires was tested in the six partner regions of the project: Azores (PT), Campania (IT), Catalonia (ES), Murcia (ES), Puglia (IT) and Skåne (SE). The preliminary results were gathered in a two-fold dataset: the regional migrant integration policies dataset “MIPEX-R” and the “regional outcome dataset”, together with a methodological note.
Following discussions with regional experts and stakeholders, these results were gathered in regional policy briefs. These policy and outcomes indicators should help regional authorities to underpin evidence-based policy-making on migrant integration and inclusion.
The MIPEX-R scope was extended to include addtional regions from 7 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden). The 25 regions that took part in the MIPEX-R analysis per country are the following (see map above):
• Austria: Vienna, Voralberg, Tyrol;
• Belgium: Flanders, Wallonia;
• Germany: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Bavaria, Berlin;
• Italy: Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Puglia, Veneto, Trento, South Tyrol;
• Portugal: the Azores, Lisbon;
• Spain: Catalonia, Murcia, Navarra, Basque Country, Valencia, Melilla;
• Sweden: Skåne, Västra Götaland.
A report with comparative MIPEX-R results for the 25 participating regions was published in March 2022, as well as a study – available in Spanish and written by CIDOB researchers – providing comparative results for the 6 Spanish participating regions (the Basque Country, Catalonia, Melilla, Murcia, Navarra and Valencia).
In April 2022, MPG organised of a webinar to present the main results of MIPEX-R, together with a handbook for self-assessment that was conceived as a practical guide for regional level stakeholders and practitioners to develop comprehensive, inclusive and efficient migrant integration policies. A Policy Brief drafted by MPG was also published in April 2022 to present the MIPEX-R findings to stakeholders and policy makers in an easy-to-understand fashion, linked to EU Action Plan on Integration and other EU strategies.